Well, our Captain Mercer , aid de camp to George Washington who was running Fort Loudoun Winchester VA, April 21,22 in 1757 met this dissatisfied group, and he could see why they were mad.

Mercer goes on to write that the Cherokee felt lied to and now their own young men of their Cherokee nation feel lied to by their own leaders.

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The phrase of “giving presents” means supplies of blankets, shoes, weapons, etc. The phrase of “treated as children” means to treat the Indians with the favor of giving them needed and nice things, like they would do so with their own children.

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CHEROKEE CONNECTION TO WINCHESTER VA

There are strong connections to the Cherokee here. Mercer and Washington were good friends with the Gists, Christopher, the father, and Nathaniel the son – who it is said fathered Sequoyah, the Cherokee who created the Cherokee Syllabary, making writing and reading the Cherokee language possible.

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